Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued mor…

Andrea Dworkin
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Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more--also because the status quo depends on it; but love depends on self-knowledge and self-knowledge depends on being able to bear the truth. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (2009). Intercourse, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com
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Truth is harder to bear than ignorance, and so ignorance is valued more--also because the status quo depends on it; but love depends on self-knowledge and self-knowledge depends on being able to bear the truth. ✨ Andrea Dworkin (2009). Intercourse, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com

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